How would you know if the band came off?

April10 · March 1, 2006

Today marks my two weeks since my surgery. I woke up this morning and had a Protein Shake and a popsicle. Then on my way to work, I had ice tea. Which lasted till about lunch time. I stopped drinking about an hour before I ate lunch. For lunch I had applesauce and two spoons of mashed potatoes. Then when I got home from work I had 1/4 cup of chicken and dumplins mushed up to be soupy. I was still hungry after I ate all that. Is this right? At first I had a lot of problems keeping liquids down and now I'm hungry and don't feel like my stomach is filled yet? I worried that the band came off? Is that possible with out knowing it?

Kim_8 · March 1, 2006

April10 - my guess is that your swelling has just gone down and so you don't have the restriction you had before when you were very swollen. This I hear is normal. As my swelling went down, I was more and more hungry. I was eventually eating alot more than the 3/4 - 1C of food. Once you start getting fills, you'll have better restriction and won't be able to eat as much. Cross fingers!

I haven't read any posts about bands falling off and wasn't aware this could happen???

April10 · March 1, 2006

Oh, thank you! I thought I was doing something wrong or something was wrong. Thank you!

shanna · March 1, 2006

Ya, your swelling probably went down. I could almost eat as much as before surgery until my first fill (I did stay on liquids and move to mushies, then solids like my dr. said).

Good Luck!

Kim_8 · March 1, 2006

No prob April10 - just realized I forgot to tell you congrats on your banding! Hope everything is going well for you.

April10 · March 2, 2006

Thank you, all! The weird thing is that I can eat more than mushy stuff. Tonight I'm eating meatloaf and greenbeans. Of course I'm eating small bites and chewing it till it is really small. I feel like I kind of skipped the mushy stuff.